German 6th Mountain Division

The German 6th Mountain Division was a mountain division of the German Heer that was active from June 1940 to 8 May 1945 during World War II. The division was deployed to France for occupation duties early in the war, and it was relocated to Poland in December 1940. The division took part in the invasion of Greece in 1941 before being relocated to Finland in September 1941, later joining the 20th Mountain Army on the Arctic coast. In late 1944, the division withdrew to Norway during the evacuation of Finland, and it surrendered to the British in May 1945.